A casino co-owned by Keeneland and The Red Mile in downtown Lexington will close at the end of business Sunday, the two companies said earlier in the day, citing ongoing uncertainty over the legality of the devices inside the casino.
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday declined a request to reconsider an opinion issued last year that invalidated a type of gambling device in use at many racetracks in the state.
Coastal Defense and Independence Hall have been added to the final list of 12 horses invited and expected to start in next Saturday’s $3 million Pegasus World Cup.
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) and Daily Racing Form announced today that TVG will televise live the announcement of the finalists for the 2020 Eclipse Awards this Saturday, January 16 at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.
An official for the New York Racing Association asked state legislators to increase the association’s share of a tax on account wagers and to allow NYRA to offer sports betting during a virtual hearing held on Thursday.
The Kentucky horse racing and breeding industries are attempting to mobilize support for legislation that would enable the sport to continue to benefit from so-called historical horse racing machines, in a year in which the legislature only meets for 30 days.
A U.S. District Court has approved a settlement agreement reached between the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and a number of professional and collegiate sports associations that will award the horsemen’s group a $3.4 million bond.
When a horse named Grape Soda won Friday’s first race at Aqueduct it was to be the final horse sent out by Eric Guillot after a 30-year training career. That the horse won and sent Guillot into retirement a winner was sort of a neat story. Until it wasn’t.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will ask the legislature to legalize mobile sports betting as part of his State of the State address scheduled for next week, his office said in a release.
Hall of Fame racemare Goldikova, the first horse ever to win the same Breeders' Cup race three times, has died in France. The Irish-born daughter of Anabaa was 16.
